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Title

Senecae tragediae cum commento

Authors

• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D
• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D
• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D
• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D
• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D
• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D
• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D

Other related names

• Trivet, Nicholas, 1258?-1328, commentator for written text
• Meyerstein, Edward Harry William, 1889-1952, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 77
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 1545599
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1545599

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

ca. 1360-1370

Place

England

Summary

Text of 7 of Seneca's tragedies, with commentary by Nicholas Trivet, including: Hippolytus (imperfect at beginning, p. 1-14), Oedipus (p. 14-68), Troades (p. 68-132), Medea (p. 132-185), Agamemnon (p. 185-217), Octavia (p. 217-255), Hercules Oetaeus (imperfect at end, p. 255-309; continued for a few lines in a later hand, p. 310; headings continue, p. 311-316). Octavia was included in manuscripts of Seneca but is now thought to be by a later imitator.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from spine.
   
• There are captions in the top margin of each page; the one on each left-hand page gives Seneca's name, the one on each right-hand page gives the title of the play. These are in a much later hand than the text; they might be 17th century in date and might be in the same hand as the page numbers. Earlier headings, contemporary with the text but mostly trimmed away, are visible after p. 182.
   
• Contains a summary of contents, dated 1646 (p. vii). This summary states that the author of the commentary is anonymous. The attribution to English Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet is taken from the Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.
   
• Pages 287-88 and 309-316 are paper; the text on them is in a 17th-century hand. The first quire, consisting of 5 folios preceding p. 1, is also paper.
   
• Many of the leaves are missing portions at the edges due to tearing or to imperfections of the parchment. Only on p. 305-306 does part of the text seem to be missing. A large tear on p. 307-308 has been partially mended.
   

Extent

155 leaves : 246 x 173 (202 x 126) mm. bound to 253 x 175 mm

Foliation

Parchment, v (17th-century paper) + 155 + v (17th-century paper) leaves; 1-286, 285-308, 309-316 (pagination on flyleaves); 17th-century pagination in ink, upper outer corners. The citations in the description refer to the numbers that appear on the page.

Support

Parchment

Binding

17th-century vellum. Cover is pulling away from the text at the hinges and spine. The first (paper) quire is loose.

Layout

Written in 2 columns; ruled in lead; some prickings visible.

Decoration

Earlier portion of the text (p. 1-120) has extensive rubrication.

Script

Written in a Gothic cursive script by 2 or more hands, contemporary and similar in appearance. There are extensive marginal notes, many of which appear to be later in date than the text, possibly 17th century.

Provenance

• Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 30 March 1936, lot 195; formerly owned by Edward Harry William Meyerstein.
   
• Acquired, 1953.
   

Subjects topical

• Latin drama (Tragedy)--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Commentaries
• Codices
• Plays
• Tragedies
• Manuscripts, Latin--14th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval

Licenses

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Table of contents

• 1 — Hippolytus, p. 1
• 14 — Oedipus, p. 14
• 68 — Troades, p. 68
• 132 — Medea, p. 132
• 185 — Agamemnon, p. 185
• 217 — Octavia, p. 217
• 255 — Hercules Oetaeus, p. 255